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  • September 2008

    • Chemists Sniff Out Household Stinks

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 6, 08 9:46 AM CDT

      Chemists Sniff Out Household Stinks

      (Newser) - Chemists are trying to replicate the odors of stale smoke and rotting garbage in a quest to make America a better-smelling place, the Wall Street Journal reports. A specialist squad working for the International Flavors and Fragrances company captures common bad household smells, brings them back to the lab, and tries to recreate them in order to concoct better deodorizers. More »

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      smell  • chemistry  • cleaning  • fragrance  • odor  • air freshener

  • July 2008

    • Casino Ejects Man Over B.O.

      Fox Philadelphia (WTFX)  |  Jul 31, 08 4:06 PM CDT

      Casino Ejects Man Over B.O.

      (Newser) - A gambler deemed too smelly to play is demanding an apology from New Jersey’s Borgata casino, Fox Philadelphia reports. Michael Wax, 54, had spent 17 hours gambling in the casino when an official approached him and said he had to leave because other patrons were complaining of his body odor. Wax has filed a complaint with the Casino Control Commission. More »

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      gambling  • casino  • hygiene  • smell  • body odor

    • Goodbye Smell, Hello Misery

      Slate  |  Jul 10, 08 9:25 PM CDT

      Goodbye Smell, Hello Misery

      (Newser) - When ranking physical attributes we’d hate to lose, most people put sense of smell at the bottom, on par with losing a big toe. But when Elizabeth Zierah lost hers—and thus her sense of taste—3 years ago after catching a cold, the ensuing string of scentless and flavorless days transformed her into "an observer watching the character of me," she writes in Slate. More »

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      health  • smell  • sense of smell  • losses

  • June 2008

    • Coffee's Smell Alone Can Perk You Up

      LiveScience  |  Jun 16, 08 1:19 PM CDT

      Coffee's Smell Alone Can Perk You Up

      (Newser) - The aroma of coffee is enough to wake you up, a new study shows. Smelling coffee stimulated the expression of genes known to reverse the damaging effect of stress and sleep deprivation in test animals’ brains, international researchers tell LiveScience. Coffee’s stimulating effects have been known for ages, but are usually attributed to its caffeine kick. More »

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      coffee  • scientific study  • caffeine  • scientific research  • smell  • sense of smell  • stimulant

  • April 2008

    • Ewww! What Stinks? London

      ABC News  |  Apr 19, 08 1:37 PM CDT

      Ewww! What Stinks? London

      (Newser) - London was engulfed yesterday by a smell so foul that Brits worried some giant sewer had overflowed, ABC News reports. But not to worry—the smell came from Europe, officials insisted. The Daily Mail quuickly blamed the French for "le stink," but it appeared to be caused by stale air blowing over from Germany, Belgium, and Holland, weather experts said. The stench, which is not a health hazard, is expected to abate, officials said. More »

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      London  • air pollution  • smell  • air

  • September 2007

    • Stench is in Nose of Beholder

      Reuters  |  Sep 16, 07 4:42 PM CDT

      Stench is in Nose of Beholder

      (Newser) - Good news for men with a nasty smell wafting under their arms: Scientists can prove why it's not so bad to everyone. A report published in Nature says that male sweat can invoke scents from urine to vanilla, thanks to tiny differences in a single receptor gene. How it reacts to a sex steroid in men spells the difference between a quick hello and a candlelit dinner. More »

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      science  • Duke University  • smell  • scent  • odor  • body odor  • sweat

    • Are We Finally Ready for 'Smellovision'?

      Associated Press  |  Sep 11, 07 12:19 PM CDT

      Are We Finally Ready for 'Smellovision'?

      (Newser) - An olfactory entrepreneur is trying to revive "Smellovision"—the Edsel-era technology that pipes appropriate scents to movie audiences. Megan Dickerson has been showing "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" in an open-air theater outside the Boston Children's Museum, complete with the odors of blueberries and banana taffy. "There's been a crazy response to the movement," she says. More »

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      television  • entertainment  • smell  • scent  • odor  • Smellovision

  • March 2007

    • Scented Sleep Boosts Memory in the Morning

      New York Times  |  Mar 19, 07 11:04 PM CDT

      Scented Sleep Boosts Memory in the Morning

      (Newser) - Add a little scent to your evening and your sleep, and your memory works better in the morning. A recent study showed that the smell of roses, administered while participants played a computer game, and then while they slept, improved their rate of recall after they woke by 13 percent. More »

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      medicine  • brain  • sleep  • memory  • smell  • senses

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